EXODUS—NOTE ON Exodus 20:8 Israel is to remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy (see notes on Deut. 5:12–15). The Lord had already begun to form the people’s life in the rhythm of collecting manna for six days (Exodus 20:9) and resting on the seventh day as a Sabbath (see Exodus 16:22). Here the command imitates the Lord’s pattern in creation (see Genesis 2:1).

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